Théodule-Armand Ribot (18 December 1839 – 9 December 1916) was a French psychologist. He was born at Guingamp, and was educated at the Lycée de St Brieuc. He is known as the founder of scientific psychology in France, and gave his name to Ribot's Law regarding retrograde amnesia.
In 1856 he began to teach, and was admitted to the École Normale Supérieure in 1862.He passed his agrégation in philosophy, this allowed him to teach in high school. He worked as a high school teacher in Vesoul (1866–1868), and then in Laval (1868–1872).On the 9 April 1888 at The Collège de France he gave the first lecture in psychology in France.In 1885 he gave a course of lectures on Experimental Psychology at the Sorbonne, and in 1888 was appointed professor of that subject at the College of France. His thesis for his doctors' degree, republished in 1882, Hérédité: étude psychologique (5th ed., 1889), was his most important and best known book.L'Hérédité psychologique is considered to have introduced Darwinian and Spencerian evolutionary ideas to France.Following the experimental and synthetic methods, he brought together a large number of instances of inherited peculiarities. He paid particular attention to the physical element of mental life, ignoring all spiritual or nonmaterial factors in man. In his work on La Psychologie anglaise contemporaine: l'école expérimentale (1870), he showed his sympathy with the sensationalist school, and again in his translation of Herbert Spencer's Principles of Psychology.Ribot was in 1889 the co-president (with Jean-Martin Charcot) of the first international congress for experimental psychology and in 1990 the president for the fourth congress. From the first 12 such international congresses, the International Union of Psychological Science eventually emerged.
Besides numerous articles, he wrote on Arthur Schopenhauer, Philosophie de Schopenhauer (1874; 7th ed., 1896), and on the contemporary psychology of Germany (La Psychologie allemande contemporaine, 1879; 13th ed., 1898), also four little monographs on Les Maladies de la mémoire (1881; x3th ed., 1898); De la volonté (1883; 14th ed., 1899); De la personnalité (1885; 8th ed., 1899); and La Psychologie de l'attention (1888), which supplied useful data to the study of mental illness.In 1896 he introduced the term Anhedonia describing the inability to feel pleasure.
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Some of their strengths
Theodule-Armand Ribot has many admirable traits.
Based on spiritual traditions from around the world, they are someone who can be described as Generous, Intelligent, Energetic, Imaginative, Creative, Perseverent, and Practical.
Adventurous and Independent
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Soulful and Intuitive
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Courteous and Easygoing
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A person who tends to be socially popular, who loves intellectual or creative activities, who has a talent for communicating with and understanding the needs of others, and who seems to have a knack for getting recognized for their efforts.
Dynamic and Imaginative
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They are also someone who is balanced, stable, and energetic, who likes the idea of home and family, and who is very comfortable being the person in charge.
Optimistic and Quick-witted
According to Judaism’s Kabbalah tradition, Theodule-Armand Ribot tends to be someone who is optimistic and spontaneous, and who has a clear and analytical mind. Who can be witty, with a happy-go-lucky- nature that makes others cheerful, and who possesses an adventurous zest for life.
Some of Theodule-Armand Ribot's challenges
While Theodule-Armand Ribot has many strengths, nobody is perfect. They also have some challenging traits they need to manage.
For example, Theodule-Armand Ribot can be Impulsive, Careless, Stubborn, Idle, Hesitant, Narcissistic, and Indecisive.
Impulsive and Careless
One of Theodule-Armand Ribot's key challenges is that they are someone who can be impulsive and careless.
Indecisive and Materialistic
Theodule-Armand Ribot is someone who can be indecisive, indulgent, and materialistic, who can have difficulty focusing on a single career or profession, have difficulty following orders or respecting authority, and who can suffer from "analysis paralysis".
Irritable and Callous
Finally, Theodule-Armand Ribot also can be short-tempered, childish, insensitive, and careless at times.
